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Vulnerability details: VCID-wfu8-6jbe-2fhx
Vulnerability ID VCID-wfu8-6jbe-2fhx
Aliases CVE-2017-9747
Summary binutils: Stack-based buffer over-read in ieee_archive_p function while disassembling corrupt IEEE binary
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 3.0
Risk 6.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-9747.json
epss 0.01959 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9747
epss 0.01959 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9747
epss 0.01959 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9747
epss 0.01959 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9747
epss 0.01959 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9747
epss 0.01959 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9747
epss 0.01959 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9747
epss 0.01959 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9747
epss 0.01959 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9747
cvssv2 4.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3 3.7 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-9747.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-9747
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9747
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1469611 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1469611
CVE-2017-9747 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/42200.txt
CVE-2017-9747 Exploit https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21581
USN-4336-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-2/
USN-4336-3 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4336-3/
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added June 19, 2017
Description GNU binutils - 'bfd_get_string' Stack Buffer Overflow
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date June 19, 2017
Exploit type dos
Platform linux
Source update date June 19, 2017
Source URL https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21581
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-9747.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.8343
EPSS Score 0.01959
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:30:00.406504+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-9747.json 38.0.0